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Teresa Vena


460 articles available in total starting from 09/04/2018. Last article published on 02/07/2025.

Benedetta Argentieri • Director of The Matchmaker

Interview: Benedetta Argentieri • Director of The Matchmaker

“It took a long time for us to strike the right balance, in order to show Tooba exactly how I saw her”

VENICE 2022: We spoke to the Italian journalist and director about her intriguing documentary portraying a female jihadist  

09/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | Out of Competition

Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević • Directors of Have You Seen This Woman?

Interview: Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević • Directors of Have You Seen This Woman?

“We liked the fact that the film would grow alongside us over the years, and become more and more mature”

VENICE 2022: The Serbian directorial duo present an intriguing first feature made up of three episodes and focusing on the topic of identity  

08/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | International Film Critics’ Week

David Wagner • Director of Eismayer

Interview: David Wagner • Director of Eismayer

“There are many actors who have a similar background to their character, and I think it's a shame not to use that”

VENICE 2022: We spoke to the Austrian director about his big-screen adaptation of a love story that unfolds within the Austrian army  

05/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | International Film Critics’ Week

Alex Schaad • Director of Skin Deep

Interview: Alex Schaad • Director of Skin Deep

“The camera had to portray the inner life of the main character”

VENICE 2022: In the German director’s feature debut, the protagonists literally put themselves in each other’s shoes  

05/09/2022 | Venice 2022 | International Film Critics’ Week

Matthias Helwig • Director, Fünf Seen Filmfestival

Interview: Matthias Helwig • Director, Fünf Seen Filmfestival

“We have to start almost from scratch to inspire people to come and watch films – and I am ready to do so”

The head honcho of the Fünf Seen Filmfestival, perched on the outskirts of Munich, tells us more about its focus on movies from the German-speaking world  

24/08/2022 | /Germany

André Schäfer • Director of Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth.

Interview: André Schäfer • Director of Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth.

"And this is how a novel has to be in my opinion, it has to capture, to swallow you"

The German filmmaker presents a warm-hearted and formally intriguing portrait of Swiss author Martin Suter  

22/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

Patricia Mazuy • Director of Saturn Bowling

Interview: Patricia Mazuy • Director of Saturn Bowling

"I had to embrace the subject, and to show courage"

The French director discusses her very dark film noir with a very scary protagonist  

16/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Alessandro Comodin • Director of The Adventures of Gigi the Law

Interview: Alessandro Comodin • Director of The Adventures of Gigi the Law

"The film is in a way a tribute to these typical village characters"

In his latest film, awarded with the festival's Special Jury Prize, the Italian filmmaker explores the boundaries between fiction and documentary  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Ann Oren • Director of Piaffe

Interview: Ann Oren • Director of Piaffe

"I was very much interested in the psychology of dressage, in the relationship between rider and horse"

The Israeli-born, Berlin-based filmmaker discusses her formally ambitious first feature film  

15/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Competition

Caterina Mona • Director of Semret

Interview: Caterina Mona • Director of Semret

"We wanted to concentrate on the people and the camera had to follow them"

The Swiss filmmaker discusses her film, a portrait of an Eritrean woman's delicate balancing act between her wish to preserve her old habits and her need to integrate into her new culture  

12/08/2022 | Locarno 2022 | Piazza Grande

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